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20,584 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tehran (Iran), arrests in South Africa and rights and justice in Tigray. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 35 in 100 of its 120 stories, usually 14
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

221 of its 419 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 131 of Iran's 221 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. 89 of Tehran's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

603 of its 1,385 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (235 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

55 of its 81 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Cuba

315 of its 507 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Havana accounted for 166 of Cuba's 315 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. 155 of Havana's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

66 of its 103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 13 of Nasiriyah's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Covid was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

41 of its 72 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 15 of Minsk's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

294 of its 717 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 124 of Afghanistan's 330 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Romania

42 of its 120 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Iraq (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Germany (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Australia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Jul. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 20,584 stories about harm among 91,654 counted on 14 Jul.

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22 in every 100 of the day's 91,654 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia68 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 523 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba62 in 100 of its 507 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Haiti59 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 820 Havana Cuba155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Kwazulu South Africa105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Tehran Iran89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131 Johannesburg South Africa64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTurkmenistan: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 25 outletsOregon, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 26 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 38 stories, carried by 28 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 25 stories, carried by 16 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 51 outletsShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 39 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 34 stories, carried by 26 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 38 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 9,395 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,502 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,389 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence8% 1,673 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 725 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 694 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 537 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 405 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed5,009 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,991 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions270 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting evacuations193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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